How many of you Christian men out there are being crushed by the brutal, unrelenting, and very, very real monster of Internet pornography?
Anyone?
Surely you get attacked from all angles like I do.
It seems that no matter where I surf on the Net, there is always some banner or some link or some flashing advertisement that leads into the never-never world of free sleaze.
When are you going to do something about this?
When are you going to strike back at this enemy that seeks to destroy your mind, not to mention your marriage, your family, and your life?
Or are you one of those guys who says, "I can handle it - it's really not a big deal for me"?
Baloney.
It is a big deal. And even if this monster hasn't dug its claws into you yet, believe me - it will.
So what can you do?
There are many things that you can do.
First of all, pray. Do what Paul told the Thessalonians: "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thess. 5:17, NKJV).
Second, cultivate a true fear of the Lord by spending a lot of time studying God and His many attributes (the best resource for learning about God's attributes, in addition to the Bible, is Systematic Theology, Volume Two: God, Creation. Bloomington, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, 2003 - written by Dr. Norman Geisler).
Some say that fearing God isn't cool, because God just wants to be our friend, our buddy, our homeboy.
Wrong.
There is a good reason why the word "fear" is used over and over again in the Bible with regards to God - it's because we should fear Him.
Third, go to www.covenanteyes.com and sign up for their accountability program.
The cool thing about this program is that you don't have to install a filter on your computer that blocks you from going to various sites - you are still free to roam the Internet as you please. However, you have an accountability partner who gets a report about the places you visit.
The report breaks down the various websites into categories, such as "very mature and objectionable" and "somewhat mature and objectionable," and so on. You get to choose your own partner, and I would recommend you choose someone who you know well and someone who you would be so incredibly embarrassed if they found out you were surfing porn sites.
That's the person you want as your partner.
So starting today, pray without ceasing, cultivate a fear of the Lord, set up some accountability, and thereby strike back at the monster that longs to steal, kill, and destroy - I guarantee you won't regret it.
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Larry,
Allow me to offer up the suggestion that pornography may not be the monster that you think. Empirically speaking, the availability of pornography is good for society. Countries with fewer restrictions on pornography enjoy lower occurrences of sexually related crimes. This trend also holds with U.S. states. Also, the dramatic availability in pornography associated with the invention of VHS and the Internet resulted in a clear and dramatic drop in nearly every category of sex offense on record. (See research linked below.)
It has also been theorized that one of the reasons that Islamic terrorists are so successful at recruiting suicide bombers is their promise of a sexual smorgasbord in the afterlife to men who have had little to no experience with women or sex. Keep in mind that the vast majority of suicide bombers are young men, raised with little to no contact with women. Most die virgins.
Yes, I understand that Jesus said that lusting after someone is the same as adultery, but then we can’t take everything the bible says literally, otherwise we would all be wearing beards and we could never eat at Red Lobster.
Perhaps pornography - as with as the Bible’s teachings - are good in moderation.
Regards,
Ian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography
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